Obiamaka Orakwue, a JSS 3 student who hails from Obosi in Anambra
State, was reportedly raped to death in her home in Abule Ado, Lagos
state, on the 10th of July, 2017.
Giving an account of the incident, the distraught mother of the
deceased, Mrs Orakwue, said: “I was at work when I got a call from our
neighbour that they saw some boys jumping out from the fence of our
compound and that my daughter was not responding to the knock on the
gate since it was locked from inside.
I was worried because my daughter was the only one at home and her
other siblings were on holidays at my elder brothers place in Lekki On
getting to the house, I opened the gate with my spare key and dashed
into the room only to find my daughter gasping for breath in the pool of
her blood.
I asked her what happened and all she could mutter was, ‘Mummy…those boys I told you about.’
When asked about the (boys), Mrs Orakwue, who burst into tears, said
her daughter complained about some boys who had made advances towards
her when she came back on holidays from school just recently but she
rebuffed them and they swore to teach her a lesson.
“It must have been the same boys that took advantage of the fact that
I and my husband went to work and gained entry into the compound
through the back fence of the house where they attacked my daughter,”
she said amidst tears.
The father of the deceased, Mr Obinna Orakwue, who could not hide his
emotions, lamented that enough was not being done to find out those
behind the demise of his daughter.
“We have reported the incident to the police and they promised to
apprehend the culprits but we still have not heard from them till date.”
Obiamaka was laid to rest on Friday, 21st of July 2017, at the Berger Cemetery, Lagos.